[1] The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
John Wingfield Digby had been the Conservative member for the seat of North Dorset since the 1892 general election.
Speaking at a meeting of the Blandford Free Church Council, Dr Clifford endorsed the Liberal candidate stressing his opposition to the Unionist government's Education Act 1902 that used taxpayer money to fund protestant schools.
The Daily News said "The Government are smitten all over the field; but we suspect that after Lancashire their worst beating will come from agricultural England."
The Times also believed that the Unionist case for Tariff Reform would win over voters at the next general election.